Follow along as NRA editors explore the exhibit hall at the Indianapolis Convention Center in the heart of downtown Indianapolis, Ind., April 25 to 27 to bring you the best of the 143rd NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits. From the latest guns and gear of the year to major NRA announcements, you'll find it all right here on AmericanHunter.org.

As editors of the largest hunting magazine in the world, our staff is living the dream. Well, most of the time. See what happens behind the scenes at American Hunter as deadlines collide with opening days.

Here’s the hottest hunting gear you’ll want—we mean need—right now. Assistant Editor Jon Draper wonders how he would live without this stuff, and you’ll be asking the same question after you read his reports.

Come along as we navigate a 650,000-sq.-ft. exhibit hall housing nearly 1,000 exhibitors from firearm and archery manufacturers to makers of hunting and fishing gear, outfitters, outdoor retailers and wildlife artists, as well as a new shooting sports section replete with modern sporting rifles. Now owned and operated by NRA, the newly renamed Great American Outdoor Show returns to Harrisburg this month for its traditional nine-day run.

This year the AmericanHunter.org team is traveling to the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev., on Jan. 14 to take on the organized chaos that embodies the 2014 SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade) Show.

The industry's largest trade show is back, and you can count on the AmericanHunter.org team to deliver the goods on all of the latest trends, guns, gear and industry news revealed at the 2013 SHOT Show.

Our editors are returning to Las Vegas—this time for Safari Club International's Annual Hunters' Convention, hosted by the Mandalay Bay Convention Center from Feb. 5 through Feb. 8. Stay tuned to AmericanHunter.org for all of the latest reports from what's become one of the most dynamic and diverse hunting shows in the industry.

Trail cameras and previous seasons have already told Bill Winke he has four huge whitetails to hunt on his farm in Iowa this season. This video blog will follow him week-by-week in his scouting excursions, through all the phases of the rut. Tune in each week for the latest tips and stories.